SCHEDULES

[Keepingitbetweenthelines]

We have another OIC, she has been primarily over city routes and has very limited knowledge of Rural Routes, Just a little background information. Last week I walked into a sheet of paper with the title of OFFICE SCHEDULE on the bulletin board. My name was listed in this schedule along with the rest of the crew. I have never had a written down schedule as a Regular Rural Carrier. I tried to put in an annual day off and was denied and the reason was “Report as Scheduled”. My question is: Once you are on a SCHEDULE does that mean you can’t take off, how far in advance do you need to give notice of a day off and are Rural Carriers weekly scheduled employees?

 

[Rt2mailman]

This shows that your new supervisor is lazy. She doesn't WANT to re-work her scheduling because you want a day off. How inconvenient of you.
Although our contract states you are to be allowed to use your annual leave as needed. If an Rca is available, you get your day off. If scheduling can be changed, an Rca from another office, or a regular allowed to work their Relief day etc. You are to be allowed to use your leave (An earned and paid benefit) as needed. If any of those employees could work and allow you your day off you could grieve and require tgr Usps to restore an additional annual day and or correct that manager before you need that day and allow you off. At least ask her for supporting documentation that allows her to override our contractual language that states you are to be allowed to use you annual leave as needed. By the way, there is no documentation that is valid for her to use. P

 

[Old Fart]

This shows that your new supervisor is lazy. She doesn't WANT to re-work her scheduling because you want a day off. How inconvenient of you.
Although our contract states you are to be allowed to use your annual leave as needed. If an Rca is available, you get your day off. If scheduling can be changed, an Rca from another office, or a regular allowed to work their Relief day etc. You are to be allowed to use your leave (An earned and paid benefit) as needed. If any of those employees could work and allow you your day off you could grieve and require tgr Usps to restore an additional annual day and or correct that manager before you need that day and allow you off. At least ask her for supporting documentation that allows her to override our contractual language that states you are to be allowed to use you annual leave as needed. By the way, there is no documentation that is valid for her to use. P

Agree. But nothing wrong with supe posting a schedule. Management just has to change it when a carrier is granted leave. We do that in our offices, but supervisors change it when leave is granted. A carrier thinking about taking leave can also see that way if a relief carrier is available on the days they want to take off.

 

[RammerJammer]

You mean it’s not written in stone somewhere that a schedule is made out on the preceding Wednesday for the following week and if you haven’t submitted leave (by used to be Tuesday but now Monday before because sup is off on Tuesdays now) it will automatically be denied since schedule is already made out?

It’s got to be in some postal manual somewhere because our derelicts in charge have been trying to enforce it for years.

 

[jaymacgthree]

File grievance and they can document their extensive efforts using the order of consideration to find and fail to schedule an available sub within 50 miles. It is THEIR job. Every manager these days tries to shift their responsibilities on to non-management and say they need to find someone, no we don't and we are entitled to the leave we earn.

Side note: YES they should always do their job of producing a schedule. If they don't and nobody shows up for work who is at fault? Them.

 

[Rt2mailman]

File grievance and they can document their extensive efforts using the order of consideration to find and fail to schedule an available sub within 50 miles. It is THEIR job. Every manager these days tries to shift their responsibilities on to non-management and say they need to find someone, no we don't and we are entitled to the leave we earn.

Side note: YES they should always do their job of producing a schedule. If they don't and nobody shows up for work who is at fault? Them.

Anytime any manager doesn't do their job, or tells me they don't have time to do it, I tell them I'm really busy today and will only have time to run 2/3's of my route, "Can you run through last part for me?"